In a major filing, the House committee says it believes the former president was obstructing Congress and defrauding the US.

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack said in a major filing on Wednesday that it believed that Donald Trump violated multiple federal laws to overturn the 2020 election, including obstructing Congress and defrauding the United States.

The revelations came as part of a filing that intended to force John Eastman, Trump’s former lawyer, to turn over thousands of emails and records since his participation in potential crimes destroyed his arguments for attorney-client privilege protections.

 
 

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The House counsel Douglas Letter said in the 61-page filing that the select committee had a basis for concluding Trump violated the law by obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding and defrauded the United States by interfering with lawful government functions.

The former president knew he had not won enough electoral college votes to win the 2020 election, yet nevertheless sought to have the then vice-president, Mike Pence, to manipulate the results in his favor, the filing said about Trump’s obstruction.